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THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET<br/>
<span class=large>JEREMIAH</span>
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CHAPTER 28
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Hananiah prophesies falsely that the Babylonian yoke will be broken.
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And</span> it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, <i>and</i> in the fifth month, <i>that</i> Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which <i>was</i> of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,
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Thus speaketh the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
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Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>’s house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried them to Babylon:
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And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.
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&#182; Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests, and in the presence of all the people that stood in the house of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>,
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Even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> do so: the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> perform thy words which thou hast prophesied, to bring again the vessels of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>’s house, and all that is carried away captive, from Babylon into this place.
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Nevertheless hear thou now this word that I speak in thine ears, and in the ears of all the people;
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The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied both against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.
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The prophet which <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/28/9a" mark="a" type="A" title="Deut. 18: 22.">prophesieth</a> of <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/28/9b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ezek. 13: 10 (9-10).">peace</a>, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, <i>then</i> shall the <sup>c</sup><a href="jer/28/9c" mark="c" type="A" title="Deut. 18: 21 (20-22); Matt. 7: 16 (15-18).">prophet</a> be known, that the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> hath truly sent him.
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&#182; Then Hananiah the prophet took the <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/28/10a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 27: 2.">yoke</a> from off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck, and brake it.
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And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>; Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all nations within the space of two full years.  And the prophet Jeremiah went his way.
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&#182; Then the word of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> came unto Jeremiah <i>the prophet,</i> after that Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
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Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron.
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For thus saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> of hosts, the God of Israel; I have put a <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/28/14a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Ne. 13: 5 (4-9).">yoke</a> of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/28/14b" mark="b" type="A" title="Jer. 25: 11.">Nebuchadnezzar</a> king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the <sup>c</sup><a href="jer/28/14c" mark="c" type="A" title="Jer. 27: 6.">beasts</a> of the field also.
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&#182; Then said the <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/28/15a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG False Prophets.">prophet</a> Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/28/15b" mark="b" type="C" title="Jer. 29: 31; TG Lying.">lie</a>.
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Therefore thus saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>; Behold, I will cast thee from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/28/16a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jacob 7: 20 (1-20); Alma 30: 59 (12-60).">die</a>, because thou hast taught rebellion against the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.
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So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.
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